Indiana University Athletics
Brown To Compete in Genesis Open Collegiate Showcase
2/7/2019 4:45:00 PM | Men's Golf
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – Indiana senior Jake Brown will be one of 12 collegiate golfers competing in the Genesis Open Collegiate Showcase at Riviera Country Club on Monday, Feb. 11. The best score of the 12 collegiate golfers will earn an exemption into the PGA TOUR event later that week – The Genesis Open which runs Feb. 14-17, also at Riviera Country Club.
Brown will tee off at 8:00 a.m. (Pacific) on Monday.
The Collegiate Showcase also features a pro-am style event with teams comprised of a PGA TOUR pro and two amateurs representing their alma mater. Professionals expected to tee it up at Riviera on Monday include Chase Wright (Indiana), Bill Haas (Wake Forest), J.B. Holmes (Kentucky), Ryan Moore (UNLV), Beau Hossler (Texas), C.T. Pan (Washington) and Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) among others. The three-man pro-am teams against each other in best-ball play, with the lowest scoring team winning a $50,000 donation to the school's golf program.
The list of collegiate golfers competing includes:
Indiana University Jake Brown
University of Kentucky Lukas Euler
Oklahoma State University Hayden Wood
San Jose State University Kevin Velo
University of Texas, Austin Steven Chevony
University of California, Los Angeles Cole Madey
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Harry Hall
University of Southern California Kaito Onishi
Wake Forest University Cameron Young
University of Washington Noah Woolsey
University of Wyoming John Murdock
University of Wyoming Dan Starzinski
2019 marks the fifth time the tournament has hosted the Collegiate Showcase. Past winners of the event who went on to play in the Genesis Open are Texas's Scottie Scheffler (2018), Pepperdine's Sahith Theegala (2017), Illinois' Charlie Danielson (2016) and Wake Forest's Will Zalatoris (2015).
Brown is in his fifth year at Indiana after redshirting his freshman year. He qualified for the NCAA Regional last year as a junior and tied for 14th at 1-under par and posted a scoring average of 72.50 for the season. His career scoring average of 73.78 is among the best in program history as he enters the final months of his collegiate career.
Brown will tee off at 8:00 a.m. (Pacific) on Monday.
The Collegiate Showcase also features a pro-am style event with teams comprised of a PGA TOUR pro and two amateurs representing their alma mater. Professionals expected to tee it up at Riviera on Monday include Chase Wright (Indiana), Bill Haas (Wake Forest), J.B. Holmes (Kentucky), Ryan Moore (UNLV), Beau Hossler (Texas), C.T. Pan (Washington) and Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) among others. The three-man pro-am teams against each other in best-ball play, with the lowest scoring team winning a $50,000 donation to the school's golf program.
The list of collegiate golfers competing includes:
Indiana University Jake Brown
University of Kentucky Lukas Euler
Oklahoma State University Hayden Wood
San Jose State University Kevin Velo
University of Texas, Austin Steven Chevony
University of California, Los Angeles Cole Madey
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Harry Hall
University of Southern California Kaito Onishi
Wake Forest University Cameron Young
University of Washington Noah Woolsey
University of Wyoming John Murdock
University of Wyoming Dan Starzinski
2019 marks the fifth time the tournament has hosted the Collegiate Showcase. Past winners of the event who went on to play in the Genesis Open are Texas's Scottie Scheffler (2018), Pepperdine's Sahith Theegala (2017), Illinois' Charlie Danielson (2016) and Wake Forest's Will Zalatoris (2015).
Brown is in his fifth year at Indiana after redshirting his freshman year. He qualified for the NCAA Regional last year as a junior and tied for 14th at 1-under par and posted a scoring average of 72.50 for the season. His career scoring average of 73.78 is among the best in program history as he enters the final months of his collegiate career.
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